Mistress - Title or Form of Address

Title or Form of Address

  • Mistress (form of address), an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house, especially one who is head of the household
  • Mrs, original abbreviation
  • Mistress (college), a female head of a college
    • List of Mistresses of Girton College, Cambridge
  • Mistress of the Robes, the senior lady of the British Royal Household

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